Battery Hunter

Battery Hunter (1904-1944)
This battery was armed with two 12-inch guns on disappearing carriages.
These were for close-in destructive final blows to enemy warships that made it into the harbor.
The alley was for a rail track that ran from the wharf in order to off-load shells and powder.

Gun pit #2 of Battery Hunter.
The pit was for the counter-weight of the carriage to drop down
in order to raise the gun to the firing position.

Gun pit #1.

View across the top of Battery Hunter.
Note the proximity of Battery Lytle to the right rear.
The Battery Commander's Station at the far end of Battery Hunter was built in 1943,
and was used as the Commander's Station for New Battery Lytle.

View of south end of Battery Hunter.
Note the architectural flair of the doric columns on the second level.

The north end of the battery.
Note the two dates above the doorway.
The battery was constructed starting in 1902, and completed in 1904.

Ceiling rails used to transport the shells from the delivery cars to the magazine interior,
and back again when needed to the shell hoist elevators.

The delivery end of a Taylor-Raymond 12-inch shell hoist elevator,
from the shell magazine below the gun level.

A fireplace located in the gun crew's quarters.

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